slightly yellow to orange powder
2-Hydroxyacetophenone can be used as a starting material for the synthesis of:
- Enantioselective 1R-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol in the presence of a rhodium(III) catalyst by asymmetric transfer hydrogenation.
- Copper(II) complexes of 2-hydroxyacetophenone N-substituted thiosemicarbazones.
- Chromium, molybdenum, and ruthenium complexes of 2-hydroxyacetophenone Schiff bases.
- 2-Hydroxyacetophenone-aroyl hydrazone derivatives for inhibition of copper corrosion in nitric acid.
2-Hydroxyacetophenone can be used to produce 2-hydroxy-1-phenyl-ethanone-(1)-oxime by heating. It is used as pharmaceutical intermediate.
ChEBI: 2-hydroxyacetophenone is a monohydroxyacetophenone that is acetophenone in which one of the methyl hydrogens has been replaced by a hydroxy group. It is a primary alcohol, a primary alpha-hydroxy ketone and a monohydroxyacetophenone.
